News tagged with cognitive rehabilitation

Enabling Alzheimer's Disease patients and families to cope

Providing people with early-stage Alzheimer's Disease with rehabilitation directed towards helping them with everyday activities is an effective means of enabling them and their families to manage the effects of the condition, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Carnegie Mellon will test ability of embedded sensors to detect onset of dementia, infirmity

Carnegie Mellon University researchers in the Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLTC) will embed wireless sensors in the residences of about 50 older adults who live alone to see if they can detect subtle changes in everyday ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Out of darkness, sight: How the brain learns to see

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cases of restored vision after a lifetime of blindness, though exceedingly rare, provide a unique opportunity to address several fundamental questions regarding brain function. After being ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Brain functions that can prevent relapse improve after a year of methamphetamine abstinence

In a study published online by the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, UC Davis researchers report that it takes at least a year for former methamphetamine users to regain impulse control. The results tell recovering substa ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cognitive rehab helps people with acquired brain injury

Cognitive rehabilitation after a serious brain injury or stroke can help the mind in much the same way that physical therapy helps the body, according to a new meta-analysis. Because the data suggest that treatment may work ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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